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Portland, OR

The Bullpen Idea That Became Big League Chew

The gum looked like something a ballplayer might pull from a back pocket, only brighter, sweeter, and far less likely to make a mother sigh: pink strings tucked into a foil pouch.

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Brookings, OR

The Pilot Who Came Back for the Azaleas

At an azalea festival in Brookings, Oregon, a former Japanese wartime pilot arrived with his family’s roughly 400-year-old samurai sword.

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